Susan Palmer, Concordia University

Research

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religion children fundamentalism abuse communalism millennialism human rights religious freedom

Latest papers

Cult Apologists or Objective Social Scientists?
International Journal for the Study of New Religions · 2026 · first author
Tama Re, Sacred Land of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors
International Journal for the Study of New Religions · 2026 · first author
Student Research and Pedagogy in New Religious Studies: Perils, Paradoxes, and Publication
Religion Compass · 2025 · first author

All 117 publications

Latest funding

Les intégrismes religieux et la radicalisation au Canada : vulgarisation et éducation populaire
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$240,000

All 1 grants and awards

117 publications.

01

Cult Apologists or Objective Social Scientists?

Susan Jean Palmer

International Journal for the Study of New Religions2026First author

DOI: 10.1558/ijsnr.36407

02

Tama Re, Sacred Land of the United Nuwaubian Nation of Moors

Susan Jean Palmer, Luke De Cresce

International Journal for the Study of New Religions2026First author

DOI: 10.1558/ijsnr.34595

03

Student Research and Pedagogy in New Religious Studies: Perils, Paradoxes, and Publication

Susan Jean Palmer

Religion Compass2025First authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/rec3.70025

04

Uyghur Women Activists in the Diaspora

Susan Jean Palmer, Dilmurat Mahmut, Abdulmuqtedir Udun

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc eBooks20244 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.5040/9781350418363

05

Making Sense of the Uyghur Genocide Through Religious Theodicy

Dilmurat Mahmut, Abdulmuqtedir Udun, Sean Remz, Susan Jean Palmer

Journal of the Council for Research on Religion20242 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.26443/jcreor.v3i1.91

06

Raël: The Alien Prophet by Antoine Baldassari and Manuel Guillon (review)

Susan Jean Palmer

Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions2024First author

DOI: 10.1353/nvr.2024.a940596

07

Explorations des nouveaux mouvements religieux japonais

Susan Jean Palmer

RELIER Revue interdisciplinaire d’études religieuses2024First author

DOI: 10.7202/1117914ar

08

Becoming ‘true’ Muslims in Canada: experiences of Uyghur immigrants

Dilmurat Mahmut, Marie-Ève Melanson, Susan Jean Palmer, Abdulmuqtedir Udun

Identities20231 citations

DOI: 10.1080/1070289x.2023.2264643

09

Towards a Uyghur Theodicy?

Sean Remz, Dilmurat Mahmut, Abdulmuqtedir Udun, Susan Jean Palmer, Academic Publishing

Alternative Spirituality and Religion Review2023

DOI: 10.5840/asrr2023825100

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Review: La Scientology: sur la scène religieuse et sociale contemporaine, edited by Massimo Introvigne and Bernadette Rigal-Cellard

Susan Jean Palmer

Nova Religio The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions2023First author

DOI: 10.1525/nr.2023.27.2.139

Les intégrismes religieux et la radicalisation au Canada : vulgarisation et éducation populaire

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Development Grants

Keywords: intégrismes religieux; radicalisation; violence; sectes

$240,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: religion Dear Professor Palmer, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Cult Apologists or Objective Social Scientists?" (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]